Essay on Christian and Muslim Religious Tolerance

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FWIS 104
Christian and Muslim Religious Tolerance
It is ironic that while they are based on similar scriptures, and therefore similar ideologies, Christianity and Islam have had divergent attitudes towards the acceptance of religious minorities. By its nature, the Christian faith antagonizes other religions, including Judaism and Islam, because, according to Christian scripture, a lack of belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ results in damnation. The Muslim faith, however, has a much more tolerant view on “People of the Book,” including Christians and Jews, since such tolerance is stipulated by Islamic scripture. Subsequent treatment (as opposed to acceptance) of religious minorities, however, was similar between followers of the two…show more content…

These taxes also served as an economic incentive for religious coexistence and toleration. In the dhimmi system (which was in itself Islamic law that extended rights and protections to religious minorities “of the book”) it is stated that “[the People of the Book] must be shown gentleness (page 4)” as long as they have paid their tax in full. In the conquest treaty, the People of the Book are even guaranteed religious freedom under the condition they pay the jizya. It states, “Their churches shall neither be used as dwellings nor destroyed… No constraint shall be exercised against them in religion nor shall any harm be done to any of them.” The restrictions against non-Muslims were typically mild. In the Shurut ‘Umar, Christians were restricted from teaching or publicly expressing their religion. Other secular restrictions (as opposed to restrictions on religious freedom expression) include “not seek[ing] to resemble the Muslims by imitating any of their garments (page 13)” and “not sell[ing] fermented drinks,” both much milder alternatives to religious violence. Likewise, there have been instances of Christians encouraging peace towards religious minorities. For example, Saint Augustine cites a verse from Psalm 59 as his main inspiration for relative tolerance: “He is my God.

lives. However, religious tolerance grabs at both their internal and external lives. The biased media always attempts to push teens' beliefs one way or another, yet it is the choice of the individual to which counts in the end. ApologeticsIndex.org defines religious tolerance as "Acknowledging and supporting that individuals have the right and freedom to their own beliefs and related legitimate practices, without necessarily validating those beliefs or practices." It also defines religious intolerance…

and Religious Tolerance
Throughout the seventeen hundreds, thousands of immigrants came to the New England
region, seeking refuge from European persecution. These early colonist yearned for a domicile
were they could indulge in religious freedom, a heavy contrast to the strict religious persecution
they experienced in their native countries. Aspirations such as these hold the initial sentence in
the statement: “The New England colonies were founded upon the promise of religious freedom…

Deism and Changes in Religious Tolerance in America
Religious conscience in America has evolved considerably since the first settlers emigrated here from Europe. Primary settlements were established by Puritans and Pilgrims who believed "their errand into the wilderness [America] was above all else a religious errand, and all institutions - town meeting, school, church, family, law-must faithfully reflect that fact" (Gaustad 61). However, as colonies grew, dissenters emerged to challenge…

FWIS 104
Christian and Muslim Religious Tolerance
It is ironic that while they are based on similar scriptures, and therefore similar ideologies, Christianity and Islam have had divergent attitudes towards the acceptance of religious minorities. By its nature, the Christian faith antagonizes other religions, including Judaism and Islam, because, according to Christian scripture, a lack of belief in the divinity of Jesus Christ results in damnation. The Muslim faith, however, has a much more tolerant…

which is the creation of mankind, which Muslims believe took place due to Allah's will. Therefore, the question of origin in Islam is directly attributed to Allah's creation of man in much the same way that Muslims believe Allah created everything else that is in existence.
The question of identity is a fairly simple one in Islam, which teaches that adherent to this particular religion are god's chosen people. Islam teaches that those who are not Muslim or who do not follow the central tenets…

There has been a deep concern over the religious fundamentalism in the modern world with most religions trying to consolidate a definition of what would make up the true and pure religion that they should believe in and follow. The Islam religion has not escaped this as well. There have been interreligious conflicts within the Islam as a religion.
There are fundamentally four types or branches of Islam if we may call it as below: Islam followed by Sunnis, Islam followed by Shi'as, Islam followed…

Islamic and Christian faith are viewed as powerful and life changing lifestyle in a religious aspect. Although, they are both unique in their own way both religions have helped to shape the people in which they are practiced by. In the essay below you will encounter the differences and similarities which make these religions what they are to the people who practice them. Although, no one religion is greater than the other they are only as great as the people who vow to live them daily. Christian and Muslim…

I am tolerant, you are permissive, I have reasonable scruples, and you are a conservative. (Author Unknown)
Does this sound like the thoughts of most of us?
Many people think that they have to understand and accept the religious beliefs of others in order to get along with them. Respecting someone’s choice to practice their religion does not mean that you must believe the same as they do. In today’s society, we are faced daily with choices on whether or not to tolerate the practices and…

Pilgrimage /Christian, Muslim
A Study of the Christian Pilgrimage to the Holy Land And the Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca
SSC 231 Cultural Conflict and Human Solidarity University College Utrecht May 2001
Introduction
A French folklorist and ethnographer, Arnold Van Gennep (1908-1960) gave us the first clues about how ancient and tribal societies conceptualized and symbolized the transitions men have to make between states a statuses . He demonstrated that all rites of passage are marked…

challenge to civil liberties as well as democratic countries all over the world, Muslim countries are to bipolarities within themselves. One of the most expressed forms of the conflict in many Muslim countries today takes place between secular and Islamic discourse. While the secular wing of the debate is sometimes represented the state elite, the media and / or the military, the Islamic language best expressed between the religious and social groups, if the chance given, in the political parties within the…